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A man facing charges for allegedly stabbing ten individuals on a train failed to attend a court hearing after he declined to connect via a prison video link. The incident occurred on a service traveling from Doncaster to London King’s Cross, which came to a halt at Peterborough on November 1 due to serious injuries sustained by passengers.
The accused, 32-year-old Anthony Williams of Langford Road, Peterborough, faces 13 counts of attempted murder among other allegations linked to various events. His brief hearing at Cambridge Crown Court was postponed, with proceedings scheduled to continue on January 28.
The train, operating at 18:25, was rerouted and stopped at Huntingdon station following multiple emergency calls from on board. Mr. Williams was apprehended there and is charged with a total of 21 offences. His legal representation at court was provided by barrister Graham Arnold.
The specific allegations attributed to Mr. Williams include the attempted murder of ten passengers on the train, possession of a bladed weapon, and causing actual bodily harm to a police officer while in custody. Additional charges relate to separate incidents, such as attempted murder and knife possession following an assault at Pontoon Dock DLR station in east London, attempted murder of two men and a teenage boy in Peterborough, affray, theft of knives from a supermarket, and common assault during a train journey between Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. Eleven victims required medical attention at Addenbrooke’s Hospital after the events on November 1, all of whom have since been discharged. The hearing also revealed that Mr. Williams refused to enter the video-link room from prison. Judge Mark Bishop has provisionally set the trial date for June 22
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